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Homer High School students earned fifth place overall in the state National Ocean Science Bowl competition held last weekend in Seward.
Seventeen teams from all over Alaska participated.
Homer’s NOSB team consists of coaches Bruce Rife, a science teacher, and Kris Holderied of NOAA; and students L...

Next week, Homer students will be out of school for spring break. What’s a kid to do? Turns out, quite a bit. Here’s a round-up of what’s happening next week to keep your kids out of the doldrums.
Swimming: Open Swim will be from 1 to 3 p.m. every day except Sunday. $5 for adu...

Homer Middle School seventh-graders received training in CPR from local emergency response trainer Samantha Cunningham last week, with students practicing heart compressions on dummies and learning and practicing how to use Automated External Defibrillators, AEDs. “It was a great lesson,” said H...

Having won the Battle of the Books competition among third- and fourth-grade students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, West Homer Elementary School’s team of Eli Zatz and Seamus McDonough, with alternate Olivia Glasman nearby, competed at the state level on Feb. 20.
“(They) offici...

There’s a lot to be said about the magic that happens when performers hear the roar of the greasepaint and inhale the smell of the crowd. First, however, there’s getting past your classmates, as students at McNeil Canyon Elementary School had to do Feb. 20....

Students
Katherine Miller of Homer was named to the Northern Michigan University dean’s list for the fall 2013 semester. Miller qualified by having a grade point average of 3.25-3.99.
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
March 4:...

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Feb. 25: A public meeting about the district’s 2014-2015 budget, Homer High School library, 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 26: Early dismissal, 1:40 p.m.
Chapman School
Feb. 22:...

Homer High School senior John Walsworth has had his heart set on being accepted to a military academy. The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., to be exact, with the Naval Academy second on his list, followed by West Point.
Alaska’s congressional delegation did their part to help Wal...

Homer Middle School took second place in MathCounts regional competition in Anchorage on Feb. 8. “The eighth-graders were the official team, while the seventh graders competed as individuals,” said HMS teacher Rand Seaton. The team will move on to the state competition March 29....

Sure they can read, but do they know what they’re reading? Absolutely.
Proof of that pudding is the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Battle of the Books. Taking first place were West Homer Elementary School third- and fourth-grade team of Eli Zatz, Olivia Glasman, Seamus McDonough, Ka...

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